The Lock Artist
Michael is no ordinary young man. Mute since a childhood tragedy, at age eighteen he discovers that he possesses a skill he would never have expected. Whether it's a locked door without a key, a padlock with no combination, or even an eight-hundred pound safe . . . he can open them all. It's...
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Michael is no ordinary young man. Mute since a childhood tragedy, at age eighteen he discovers that he possesses a skill he would never have expected. Whether it's a locked door without a key, a padlock with no combination, or even an eight-hundred pound safe . . . he can open them all. It's a talent that will make Michael a hot commodity with the wrong people, and whether he likes it or not, push him closer to a life of crime. Until one day, when he finally sees his chance to escape, and decides to risk everything to return home to the only person he ever loved, and to unlock the secret that has kept him silent for so long.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781441815446 (1441815449)
Publish date: January 1st 2010
Publisher: Brilliance Corporation
Edition language: English
My first Steve Hamilton, and it won’t be my last. While reading this novel, I started thinking about literary devices, namely telling a story backwards: telling me who the culprit was but not who was killed and why, jumping back and forth, and then slowly explaining the details. What draw me in ...
This is, without a doubt, one of those books that will have you grabbing every available minute to read. Winner of the Edgar for Best Novel, The Lock Artist functions as a coming-of-age tale, and an exciting thriller. Michael, the lock artist, has not spoken since he was eight, because of a trauma t...
Really interesting. Except that, of course, swearing is used in about every other paragraph...
4.5 stars.Let me start by saying that this is the first adult book I've read in awhile (though it is an Alex Award winner, so it has strong appeal to teens as well). It did not disappoint! The story, following Mike the safecracker, was unlike any I've read. The format jumps from Michael as a high s...
Wow. I picked this up off the to-read pile on a whim this morning - 6 hours later I'm done, having skipped lunch.This book just seems to have the perfect balance of everything - a caper, a teen romance, tortured characters, terrific pacing, absolutely no "throw the book at the wall" writing - well d...